She was fighting with her husband, and when I rang the bell they were both so alarmed that they left the house by the back way and got into Jersey Street.

Then Mrs.Clear went home, and the man himself came round into the Square by the front way.

That was how I met him.

I wondered how people were in the house during his absence.

Mrs.Clear told me all." "Did she say why her husband made you examine the house ?" asked Diana.
"No.